Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on this day in history.  

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on April - 15.  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on April - 15.  

1659  On April - 15 simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on April - 15.  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.  

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on April - 15.  

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.  

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1863  On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

1888  On this day in history matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  On April - 15 death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)  

1891  On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  On this day in history death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.  

1489  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.